court-bingo-msg - 2/9/12
Something for those boring Courts from Trimaris.
NOTE: See also the files: Dog-Ball-msg, Helga-Ball-msg, games-SCA-msg, cloved-fruit-msg, Brothel-Games-art, sports-msg.
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From: Dulcia MacPherson
Date: February 9, 2012 7:21:24 AM CST
To: the-triskele-tavern@googlegroups.com
Subject: {TheTriskeleTavern} Court Bingo explained!
> Court BINGO!
>> if I can get a ride I am SO there,
Did you say Court BINGO?
Could you for those less fortunate possibly Splain Court Bingo
Diderick
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Court Bingo is an ancient and honorable game first played by the Romans during the... okay, not really - but I had to try!
Like regular BINGO, Court Bingo players have to first acquire an official Court Bingo game card and something to mark your squares off with. At St. Val's these cards, and a crayon in your choice of color, will be available for a nominal fee payable in "coin of the barony".
Like your typical BINGO card, a Court Bingo card has 24 squares that need to be filled in, and a "free space" in the center. Unlike most BINGO cards, the spaces are NOT filled with numbers - they are filled with short phrases describing various words, actions, or things that may, or may not, happen during Court. The An Crosairan Court Herald will open the Court Bingo game with a reading of the "Rules of the Game" and the official announcement that Court Bingo has begun.
Only things that happen DURING the official Court Bingo Period count towards scratching off your squares. You cannot scratch off a square until it actually happens! For example, we all know that Her Majesty is a very sweet, sentimental lady who often breaks down into tears of happiness for her subjects. If one of the squares on your card reads "Her Majesty cries..." you cannot scratch that square off until she actually cries DURING the Court Bingo period. Tears prior to the opening of Court Bingo don't count. Knowing that sooner or later she WILL cry doesn't count. There will be official card checkers who will make sure you haven't fudged any squares!
Squares can contain phrases like "3 Serpent's Torques given" (a Serpent's Torque is a baronial award of An Crosaire) - you cannot cross that square off until the THIRD award has been announced. A square might have a phrase in quotes, like "Go Gators!" - someone at the FRONT of court must actually SAY that phrase in order for it to count. You can't just get one of your buddies in the row next to you to say it! It only counts if someone at the front of court does it or says it. If one of the squares says "a Squire does ballet", it only counts if the squire does the ballet on his (or her) way up to the front of court, or back to their seat, after being called up for a legitimate reason! Random squires appearing at the front of court leaping and twirling will be become the property of the constables. (Can you tell that our rules for Court Bingo have evolved as the result of.... incidents...???)
Like regular BINGO, your goal in Court Bingo is to be lucky (and attentive) enough to cross off 5 squares in a row - horizontal, vertical, or diagonal. If you manage to do it, the approved response is to jump up from your seat and yell "BINGO!" (please, if there is a touching emotional moment going on up front, wait until it's over first!). All those scoring a BINGO will receive a prize (until we run out of prizes)!
So that's Court Bingo!
Dulcia
(Disclaimer - the examples used in this email may, or may not, be actual squares used in Court Bingo at St. Val's)
From: Vicky Eisenstadt
Date: February 9, 2012 7:25:07 AM CST
To: the-triskele-tavern@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: {TheTriskeleTavern} Court Bingo explained!
Excellency, will it be permissible to make deals with the Crown DURING
Court, to enhance one's chances of winning, as was done in the time of
the Ancient and Venerable Thorstenn II?
Alysoun...helping. Really.
From: Dulcia MacPherson
Date: February 9, 2012 7:30:27 AM CST
To: the-triskele-tavern@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: {TheTriskeleTavern} Court Bingo explained!
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Vicky Eisenstadt wrote:
<<< Excellency, will it be permissible to make deals with the Crown DURING
Court, to enhance one's chances of winning, as was done in the time of
the Ancient and Venerable Thorstenn II?
Alysoun...helping. Really. >>>
No. No deals! Attempts to rig the game will result in horrible (but unspecified) punishments!
Dulcia